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72Zucchini Relish Recipe - Canning
Zucchini relish is like cucumber relish, but with a little more kick, and in our house we use it wherever we might have otherwise used cucumber relish: on hot dogs, burgers, and other sandwiches; in tuna,...
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71Easy Refrigerator Pickles Recipe
What a year for cucumbers this is! I'm hearing from multiple sources that their cukes are going wild and bearing heavily. This is true in my garden, as well, and it's welcome news. I love fresh...
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76How to Organize your Legos: Storage Solutions
Legos multiply if you love them. Here's how to organize and store them so that you can enjoy them even more.
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60Unusual Garden Gear (That You Didn't Know You Needed)
Yes, you need pruning shears, and a hoe, and some gardeners like to have machines to till for you. Here are several tools that you may not have considered essential, but which make gardening much easier and...
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58What a Baby Taught Me about Food
One of my food gurus is a baby. My son's baby announcements should have read, "We are pleased to welcome another foodie into the house." Our 10-month-old, Ian, loves a healthy variety of food. For a variety...
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57How to Sleep In with a House Full of Morning People
Can you sleep in when you’re in a house full of morning people? It's difficult; even if you make explicit arrangements to grab an extra hour or two, it is not likely to happen. Only entrust the stewardship of these priceless “deep sleep” hours...
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46Here Come the Zucchini! Easy Recipes
They come in bunches, and seem to double in size overnight. Their leaves and vines are Jurassic in scale, and they grow with the vigor of a species bent on world dominance. It's zucchini! Early summer (through early fall) is zucchini time around my...
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70How to be a Good Classroom Volunteer - 10 Tips and Rules
Have you volunteered to help in your child’s classroom? Here are ten tips for making it both fun for you and genuinely helpful for the teachers and children. 1. Clarify your role in advance. First,...
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47Becoming a Gardener - A Poem
Here is a silly simple-minded poem about the urge to garden, and how I became acquainted with the challenges posed by the neglected half acre that became my home. A frustrated young gardener Trapped in a...
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72Hot Water! A Dozen Ways to Use Your Hot Water Dispenser
Pull the lever, and zowie! Two hundred and eight degrees F of steaming hot water with no delay. Here are over a dozen ways to use this indispensible appliance.
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